Girl killed in stabbing on reservation identified
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By The Associated Press
Friday, Jul 04, 2008 - 06:56:07 pm CDT
MACY — The girl who was killed in a stabbing on the Omaha Indian Reservation at Macy this week has been identified.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Omaha confirmed that 15-year-old LaTressa Lee Walker died Wednesday morning, and charges are pending against another teen who is in custody.
An 18-year-old was injured in the incident.
LaTressa’s mother, Diane Walker, says her daughter was trying to break up an argument between two other girls when she was stabbed around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Diane Walker says her daughter would have been in the ninth grade this fall, and she was a good student who loved to play basketball.
Macy is a town of about 1,000 within the Omaha Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska.
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